GolfNovemberUniform

@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml

After the last experience, very proudly homophobic.

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GolfNovemberUniform,

Jail.

I don't know anything about Linux and the idea of installing it frightens me. Where do I start?

I bought a laptop yesterday, it came pre-installed with Windows 11. I hate win 11 so I switched it down to Windows 10, but then started considering using Linux for total control over the laptop, but here’s the thing: I keep seeing memes about how complicated or fucky wucky Linux is to install and run. I love the idea of open...

GolfNovemberUniform,

Just download Balena Etcher (it’s the easiest USB flashing tool), flash a Linux Mint .iso file to a flash drive using it and boot from it like you do with Windows installers. Unlike Windows, Linux can work in “demo mode” straight from the USB without installing to the hard drive. It may be slow in this mode but it should give you an idea of how Linux looks and feels. If you like it, double click the “Install Linux Mint” button in the top left corner and proceed with installation. Other distros usually have the installation icon on the same place or somewhere in the “Start menu” so you shouldn’t have hard times finding it in case you decide to try another distro

GolfNovemberUniform,

Fedora’s installer can be confusing for new users and you need to know some technical terms (3rd party repos, Flathub etc) to set it up

GolfNovemberUniform, (edited )

Rufus has much more than 3 buttons and Etcher worked fine for me

GolfNovemberUniform,

Absolute beginners shouldn’t worry about electron too much imo.

Unfortunately I couldn’t properly try Fedora media writer because the iso download speed with it was at like 300 kb/s so I can’t say anything about it.

GolfNovemberUniform,

Isn’t the backdoor locked to its developer’s key so nobody else can use it?

GolfNovemberUniform,

It’s not a completely bad thing but ehh there are serious disadvantages, especially for gamers. I’m just glad I use Linux and will keep the change in mind in case I need to reinstall Windows on my gaming rig.

Btw TL;DR of the article is:

Windows 11 will automatically enable BitLocker on clean installs and re-installs.

OEMs will be able to enable it even on Windows 11 Home with a special UEFI flag (whatever that means).

BitLocker is a full-disk encryption technology by Microsoft. It provides better security since the data on the drive cannot be read without decrypting it (especially useful if someone steals the device) but the data cannot be recovered in case of forgetting the password or system malfunctions. Also it greatly decreases performance of the drive (by up to 45% on SSDs). This makes it unsuitable for many computer users.

The feature cannot be disabled by native means. If you want to disable it, use Rufus and select the appropriate flag when creating the bootable USB.

GolfNovemberUniform,

I’m not a graphics designer and idk any of the graphics related apps you listed except gimp but everything should work fine as long as it have a native Linux version. You may need to replace Davinci with something else though because it can be a pain to get working on Linux.

For distros, I’d recommend Mint because it’s just pretty much the most beginner-friendly one you can get and it’s quite conservative but it has very old drivers so performance may not be the best, EndeavourOS (based on Arch btw but quite stable) if you have very very recent hardware or if you want newest performance optimizations (driver versions) and Pop!_OS if you have an NVidia GPU. I wouldn’t recommend Fedora or Ubuntu because the first one rushes major bleeding edge changes (including AI) and the second one is known for some questionable choices (including ads and pushing proprietary app stores with poor moderation).

P. S. We do not like clickbait or any other kinds of bait here. Please follow the rules of ethical posting

GolfNovemberUniform,

Nobody. I just analysed the behavior of the community and came to the conclusion that the majority doesn’t like it.

GolfNovemberUniform,

Nothing out of ordinary for the most evil company in the world

GolfNovemberUniform,

This won’t be very easy to do and installing a GUI on a vanilla server system can cause issues (that are solvable but not welcome anyways). Start with a more user-friendly desktop distro like Ubuntu or Mint. You will have access to the terminal and all the magic of Linux on it so you can learn and practice what you need and then switch to something harder if you want

GolfNovemberUniform,

Wait I thought you’re using Linux for the first time and went for an obscure server distro as your first one for some reason. Idk anything about servers except that they use ssh, private-public key pairs, firewalls and no DEs. I can’t help with them

GolfNovemberUniform,

Maybe they’re talking about including non-free firmware by default

GolfNovemberUniform,

It’s impossible to disable it (at least from the GUI). Even Ubuntu allows it. It’s a terrible change imo. Just add a toggle and make it checked by default

GolfNovemberUniform,

Enshittification

GolfNovemberUniform,

Well probably idk. It’s at least laziness of devs that decided not to add an opt-out toggle. But that’s already enshittification to some degree

GolfNovemberUniform,

I guess I used a different meaning then. I meant “product’s loss of quality for no justified reason”

GolfNovemberUniform,

I wish I could. My English knowledge is still not perfect unfortunately

GolfNovemberUniform,

It should be in the installer itself imo

GolfNovemberUniform, (edited )

Well idk anything about audiophile stuff. I know I can’t afford to even look at such tech lol

GolfNovemberUniform,

Breaking a modern screen by dropping the phone on a flat surface is not that easy. What can break more often is the electrical circuit between the battery and the phone (causing it to force shutdown that can lead to potential software instabilities), the back cover and sometimes the display flat cable thing

GolfNovemberUniform,

What is an in ear monitor? Is it like a medical device?

GolfNovemberUniform,

I have an x86_64-v2 CPU so I highly disagree with your statements.

GolfNovemberUniform,

So what solution do you recommend? Only making v3 packages and leaving older hardware support for AUR geeks?

GolfNovemberUniform, (edited )

Yes but why intentionally choose a worse option? Sorry but it’s not very smart imo.

And not having enough space is not an administrator failure. It’s usually budget issue. And are you saying that making apps bloated (like severely bloated) is ok and the user should always be blamed for having lower hardware?

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